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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-25
AUCTION SALES.
sy r. T. Lucas, Auctioneer.
ElisH WHARF FOR RENT BY AUCTION.

At II o'clock m ON SATURDAY. February o6
1887, in front of the New Market Building. ON
Royal street, the ~
CORPORATION FISH WHARF
Will be rented for the ensuriug nine months. Tho
rentor will be required to furnish material for
and lay platforms sufficient to accommodate the
trade All passways must be kept open and FREQ
from distractions. The renter 10 erect no build.
ing within les distance than 20 feet from the
south front No privilege for the sale of LIQUORS
WIZ be granted inconsistent with the laws of the
city on that subject
The rentor will be required to remove the oaal
within Is hours, and none oft shall be throwa
into the river
1887. "'0'''
No bids will be considered unless the bidders
shall be known or vouched for to the auctioreel
as responsible.
The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
All articles landed on the wharf for the use of
the city to be free from wharfage.
Terms: Cash, payable in U. 5. currency, gold or
silver coin.
By order of the Joint Committee on Public
Property JNO. W. PEAKE. Chairman.
I IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RENTAL OF
1 the Fish Wharf the Commissioners of the
sinking Fund of the city VIII offer the
FISH BENCHES
in the Market square for rent for the ensuing
year feb1T-td
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AT II o'clock m on SATURDAY, February %.
1887, in front of the New Market Building. on
Pom CTR - ~.
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.ho.cleio 40 Rntei.

:a7s r CREIGHTON & son,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
TEE vERDIG.

The Coroner Finds but Nine Persons Act
Death In the Kouts Disaster-Where the
Blame Rests.
VALPARAISO, Ind, October 1.-The YER
dict of Coroner Litherman in the Kouts dis
aster is as follows: 81 find the decedents to
be, as far as know, as follows: DR.. William
Perry, wife and daughter; family supposed
to be Mll.erss four in numt er; one unknown
man not burned, supposed to be from Dun
dee, Illinois, and one unknown person, who
came to their death by reason of INJURIES
caused by fast freight rain No. rs, of the
Chicago d Atlantic railway company, run
ming into and crushing passenger train No.
II, of said road, at the state line ditch water
tank, Potter county, In :, at or about
midnight of Monday, October 10, 1857.
The coroner puts the blame for toe acct
dent primarily on the train dispatcher and
the management for permitting fast
eight to run so close on a passenger train
whose engine is disabled, U. N. Dursey, en-
gineer the freight, for running at a rate
of from twenty to twenty -fve miles an hour,
As the evidence showed, and not keeping a
closer lookout, having known that the train
with its crippled engine was not far ahead of
him, and also on the management, train
dispatcher and Conductor Parks, of the ex.
press, for the latter's not knowing or the
management for not informing him that
the fast freight was only from two to three
minutes In his rear.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
Held for Murder.

HOLDEN, Mo-, October 15.-Last Wednes-
day Annie Williams, aged "a years, half.
witted woman who we'd with her cousin,
Fred Tesche, and wife, died of a congestive
chill. Neighbors were suspicious and the
outcome was that on Thursday at the fu-
neral the county coroner interfered with the
services and had the burial postponed until
an investigation was made. A secret in
quiry was held yeste day and to night YER
let was returned holding Mrs. Tesche for
murder in the first degree and her husband
as an accessory post facto. The testimony is
said to have revealed shocking story.
According to the testimony of neighbors the
unfortunate woman was forced to do all the
hard work, and in addition to this she Was
habitually and shamefully beaten and NAL
treated. The corpse was covered with cuts,
bruises, sores and other indications of abuse,
and one witness testified that two days be-
fore her death she fell to the ground from
exhaustion while attempting to do the wash
ing. She was scantily clad and had had no
shoes nor rtockings since last March.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
EXPRESS Robbers Fol ed.

Ell PAso, Tex, October 14.-The Calves
ton, Harrisburg Il San Antonio mail and ex-
press, which left here this evening, was
stopped four miles out of this city by three
masked men. While two covered
the engineer and fireman with their
revolvers the third ran back to the mail car
and threw bomb against the door. The
explosion which followed shattered the door
and side Of the car into splinters. The
agent was dazed and badly frightened by
the shock but uuInjured. He recovered
himself, however, to pour a charge
from double barrelled shot gun into the
breast of the robber, who had jumped into
the engine, hearing the report, fled. The
mail agent fired the remaining load after
them. The train then returned to Ell Paso
and remained until morning.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
FORCED TO DISGORGE.
Owens, the Thieving Express Messenger,
Confesses and Directs the Detectives to
the Doodle.

Owens, the Thieving Express Messenger,
Confesses and Directs the Detectives to
the Doodle.
CHICAGO, October ia Ne,us specia
says this morning: It now appears that
misleading clues were thrown out regarding
the Pacific express steal. It was said yes
terday that there had been no robbery at
all, but facts are furnished by the Pinkerton
agency that Messenger j. B. Owens stole
about $26,OOO, which be brought to st.
Louis and buried near the outskirts of that
city. Owens then came to Chicago
and went directly to the home
OF his brother in-law, Mr.. Tiche-
ner. Meanwhile detectives had inter-
cepted telegram from Owens to his wife,
In which he stated that everything would
turn out all right and told her not to be
alarmed. Detective Pinkerton then went
to the fremont house and arrested Owens
as he was returning from drive. At first
he was very stubborn and refused to talk
about the robbery, but upon the failure of
his wife to appear as she had promised, he
broke down and made a confession, telling
where he ha 1 planted the money. Pinker-
ton accordingly left with, Owens: Tuesday
night for st. Louis, and dispatch was
received here yesterday stating that So, 600
of the money had been recovered and there
was no doubt that the balance of the missing
money would be found in short time. The
company will probably not prosecute Owens.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
More of the Roads Meanness.

INDIANAPOLIS, October 15.-Dr. Charles L.
Right, of Huntington, Ind, surgeon in the
employ of the Chicago & Atlantic railway,
has resigned his position, and he states that
in doing so his sympathy goes with those
who remain in the company's employ. DR..
Wright adds that he was bad
ly injured. at Kouts and sought
to communicate with his friends by tele-
graph, but this favor the company refused.
He also says engineers were forced to take
unsafe locomotives on the road, and that on
the night of the accident Engineer Dorsey
and Fireman Wyman were refused supply
of sand before leaving Chicago.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
Youths Home Society,

CHICAGO, October 14-At the meeting of
the Youths National Home society to-day,
Mayor Roche delivered the welcoming ad-
dress and spoke forcibly in favor of the
movement for the amelioration of the con-
ditiOn of the boys of the street. He con-
Guided by assuring the convention that there
were tho usands of citizens willing and eager
to help if they were apprised of the exact
needs and wants of the organization. Colo
mel Hoagland, of Lincoln, Neb., who is the
founder of this employment society,
ans Sered the mayors address. There were
100 males to every female in our prison, he
said, and the trial and conviction of each
criminal cost an average of $4,000. We
have provided the machinery for the punish
ment of criminals bat not for rescuing them
from crime. He could give the names of
fifty boys who had beeu killed while stealing
rides in tram ling about the country and
growing into professional vagabondS. A
committee on permanent organization was
appointed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
The Equal Su dragists.

NEWTON, KAN, October 1.-THE last
days session of the Kansas Eq.al
Suffrage association was by far the most in
teresting of the convention. Speeches were
made In the evening by Miss Rachel Foster,
Rev. Annie Shaw, II. B. Blackwell and Miss
Susan. B. Anthony. The latter's reply
to the article against woman suffrage
by Senator Ingalls, n the Forum
was a grand effort. Resolutions were
passed condemning the senator for his att1
tude and requesting Governor Ma-tin to ap-
point women on the state board of charities.
Mrs. Laura Johns was reelected president
and the next annual convention will be held
either at Atchison, Empor:a or Wichita.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
Workincmrn's Riot.

LONDON, October 4.-Unemployed per-
sons who frequent Trafalgar square formed
in a body to-day and marched to
the Mansion house, where they demanded
an int, view with the lord mayor. The
lord mayor declined to hold any converse
ton with the mob or its representatives.
They started back to Trafalgar square. They
stopped at the Office of the Standard and
hooted and jeered. The police attempted to
move the crowd but were met with resist
ance. They then charged, which scattered
the crowd, but it shortly afterwaTd rallied.
The leaders of the crowd shouted, 'Men as
sert your rights!' and the mob rushed upon
the police and succeeded in forcing them
back from their position, and in recapturing
the black banner. The police soon rallied,
however, and again charged the mob, who
became demoralized and ran in every direc-
ton.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
Arkansas Enoch Arden Romance.

ABILENE, KAN, October ia decided
sensation was created to-day in society cir
cles by the revealing of romantic case.
The lady in the story, Mrs. j. Hendricks,
has been resident of this city for nine
years, and owed in the best society. The
other principal figure in the matter is Lew
Cooper, a locomotive engineer, who married
Mrs. Hendricks, then widow, at Cameron,
Mo. This was in 1873. They lived unhappily
together for two years and had one child
born to them. Cooper then left her, osteu-
sibly TO secure position. Shortly after he
left her she received letter alleged to have
been written by a warden of hospital at
Sedalia, Mo-, stating that her husband had
died at the hospital from injuries received
in drunken brawl. Mrs. Cooper remained
q supposed widow two years and then mar
ried Mr.. Hendricks. with whom she moved
to this city. Mr.. Hendricks, in time
also deserted his wife and afterward died In
San Francisco. A month ago Cooper az
rived in this city and made himself known
to his former wife, begged forgiveness for
the past and endeavored to get Mrs. Hem
bricks to live with him again. He renewed
his petition again yesterday and the story
leaked out. Mrs. Hendricks Is half inclined
to forgive the past and return to her four
teen-year lost husband.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
ROBBERS IN HARD LUCK.

One Express Robbery Which Proved
Abortive-TwO of the Gang Fall Victims
to Messengers Workmanship.
Ell PAso, TEXAS, October 15.-The South
ern Pacific train which left here at 4:3O
o'clock last evening returned three hours
later with the mail car badly knocked to
peices by bomb and dead train robber
on board. When the train had reached q
point about four miles east of Ell Paso it was
tagged and the engineer stopped the train
Immediately. Three men ran up and hurled
dynamite bomb at the door of the mail
car. The door was badly shattered and the
mail agent badly shaken up; but he recover
edsuf6ciently to seize double barreled shot
gun, and, when the first robber appeared
in the doorway the mail gent filled him full
of buckshot. He fell dead. The other two
started away as fast as they could run. The
agent fired the second barrel at them and
thinks he hit one of them. The train then
returned to Ell Paso and remained there all
all night
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
ACTS COMING our.

Further Evidence that the Renort. from
the Indiana Railway Horror Were Doc
tored by the Company.
CHICAGO, ILL, October 13.-Concerning
the Chicago & Atlantic horror the Inter
Ocean has a particularly significant inter
view with DR.. G. H. MacLure. of Boone
Grove:
"Those remains which were recovered are
OF persons who we're sitting near the win
dows and fell outward, when the charred
frame work fell to pieces, but those wro
were sitting inside and whose remains fell
on the rails were burned to powder and not
a vestige of them, except perhaps a few
pieces of bone, could be found. The heat
between the rails was sufficient to have cal
cined and destroyed all remains. In
such heat, when the charred mass
cooled, 1t would go to powder by embers
falling on it and nothing would ever be
known OF them. 1 was told by one of the
wreckers that he saw little heaps of bones,
and this was corroborated by the statements
OF others, and doubtless that was all that re-
NAMED OF those who fell between the tracks,
for when the heat is sufficient to make the
bend them In every conceivable shape, it is
almost as intense as in a crematory.
DR.. Mcclure states the number burned
to death as at least sixteen or eighteen. OF
the wounded, he speaks definitely, and his
total IS even higher than the press estimate.
DIR. Mcclure says
SAT Miller's hotel. in Kout, after the acct
dent, there were seven ladies and ten men,
making seventeen in ALL"
He got the name and address of the lady
mentioned in the press reports as having
done most heroic work It the wreck, help
ing others to escape. Here it j.: Mrs. John
Wansinger, Carey. Wyandotte county, Ohio.
j. A. Frederick, who lives at kout, and
failed to get aboard the train at Hammond,
said he knew there were over fifty passen-
gers aboard the train when it left Ham,
mond.
The Daily Ne1cs has a special from Wa
bash, saying: Lew Thorn, we'll known
travelling man, interviewed the porter of the
rear Pullman car on the train wrecked at
Kout. The porter stated that the tickets in
the possession of the conductor showed that
nineteen passengers we're missing. The
porter himself codnted fifteen bodies, all
burned to crisp.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
MARKET REPORTS.

Kansas City Grain and Produce Market.
KANSAS CITY, October Is. 1887.
Live Stock Indicator reports:
'FLOUR-Very dau Nothing except in mixed
Quotations are for established brans in car
rs; fancy, 81 4asI so; patent, 81 sOGI IS; rye.
81 80; From city mills 25c higher.
last report $500 bushel; Withdrawals, since
bushels. leaving stock in store as reported to the
board of trade To-day 426,696.
No. red winter-Cash. s7xe bid, CSC asked;
September. 65Ac bid, 651s asked; October, 65A.
bid, no offerings.
CORN Receipts at regular elevators since
bushels leaving stock in store as reported to the
board of trade to-day 49.72s bushels.
Sa ss s'h Ssy ss S 81. &
asked: December. Ssh bids, $3.50 asked; the year
"a bids. S4ssc asked; May, sSc bid, ssAc
OATs-No. 2 cash, 2,Nc bid, 22Kc asked;
October, 2lhc d. 22Kc asked; November, &c
RYE-No; : cash, IsHo bid. lio asked;
October. 42K bids, 40 asked; November. no
PoULTRY-Live-spring chickens, q 5o@
EGGS The market was steady at 14c.>
zoe fine dairy. lag lsc; store packed. 1261sc;
Common HG8c.
Hay Firm New. $500; Old = Fancy
small ballad, 80 90; large baled, g So
Oil CAKE-Per 100 lbs, sacked 81 8; $21 90
per ton free on board cars. Car lots. $40 70 per
ton.
CORN MEAL-Green. zoe; dried, 75c; chop
yellow. Csc bulk; zoe sacked.
SHIPPING STUFF-Bulk. 52@s7c.
FLAXSEED-95c.
BRAN-Bulk. SIC, sacked, COO.
CAS- FOR BEANS-$1 g.
HIDES-Dry flint, No. lper pound, 12c; No.
Z loo; dry flint and stays. 10c; dry salted,
No. I, 12c; No. 2, &c; green salted, No. 1, INC;
No. 2, &c; green sailed bull and stag. SIC; green
incurred No 1, 6hc; No. 2, SIC; calf. 1880
sheep palts, dried, 90 11c per lib.
WOOl.-Missouri unwashed, heavy, fine 16@
1oc; light fine. 1Sc; medium. 22@2sc; medium
combing; 22624c; coarse combipg, 2D@21c: low
and carpet. 15@i7c Kansas and Neb aska, heavy
Tub washed. choice medium. 81 8s5c; fire; A@z5c;
cheese We quote: Full cream. 1sc:
dsts &c; Yonng America, 1Skc; Kansas 10c.
BROOM CORN-Quota, ions; Hurl, lOc; self
working. 6@7. common, &c; crooked. SK@4o.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
AN OPEN LR1fER.

Anarchist Parsons Writes to Governor
Oglesby, Of Illinois, Announcing the
Terms ON which He win Accept His
Freedom.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, October 15.-The follow
ing is an open letter to Governor Oglesby,
of Illinois:
To His Exc llency. Richard ]. Oglesby, Cover
nor OF the State OF Illinois:
DEAR SR-I am aware that petitions are
being signed by hundreds of thousands of
persons, addressed to you, petitioning you
to interpose your prerogative and commute
the sentences of myself and comrades from
death to imprisonment in the penitentiary.
You are, am told, good constitutional
lawyer and sincere man. therefore beg
of you to examine the record of the trial
and then conscienhously decide for yourself
as to my guilt or innocence. know that as
a just man you will decide in accordance
with the facts, the truth and justice of the
case. But write to reiterate the declara-
ton made in my published appeal
to the people of America on September q,
1887. l am guilty or l am innocent of the
charge for which have been condemned to
die. If guilty, then l prefer death rather
than to 60, ''like quarry slave at night.
scourged to bis dungeon" If innocent, then
am entitled to and will accept nothing less
than liberty. The records of the trial made
In Judge Gary's court prove my innocence
of the crime oe murder. But there exists a
conspiracy to judicially murder myself and
r'y imprisoned companions in the name
and by virtue of the authority of the state.
History records every despotic, arbitrary
deed of the peoples rulers as having been
done in the name of the people. am a
helpless prisoner and completely in
the power of the authorities; but strongly
protest against being taken from my
cell and carried to the penitentiary as a fell
on. Therefore, in the name of the people,
whose liberty is being destroyed; in the
name of peace and ju -tice, protest against
tbs consummation of this judicial murder,
this proposed strangulation of freedom on
American soil. speak for myself. know
not what course others may pursue, but for
myself l reject the petition for my impris-
eminent. l an innocent, and I say to vol
that under no circumstances will / accept
communication to imprisonment. In the
name of the American people, demand the
right, ny lawful, constitutional, natural,
ipfallible right to liberty.
Respectfully Yours,
ALBERT r. PARSONS,
Prison Cell %, Chicago, ILL.,, October -,
1887.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-22
A PECULIAR CASE;

The Importation of Rev. "alpole Warren
To Fill Passionate Violation of the
Contract Labor Act.
NEW YORK, October 13.-United States
District Attorney Walker decided to-day
that the case of Rev. E. Walpole Warren,
recently called from England to the rector
under the 'csntract labor law" and that he
will be forced to commence suit against the
vestry and wardens of the church.
The history of this case is in brief as J.
lows: Some months ago Scotch farmer
named Cummings came to this country I'M
der contract and was refused permission to
land, Onsthe ground that it would be VIOLA
ton of the law against the immigration of
persons under contract to perform labor or
service in this country, and Mr.. j. S. Ken
nedy, president of the st. Andrews society,
of this city, endeavored in vain to get
permission for Cummings to land and the
former was sent back to Scotland. When
it became known that Rev. Mr.. Warren was
coming to this country under contract to
fill the passionate of Trinity church, Mr.. Ken
nedy notified Collector Magone of the fact
and demanded that he be not allowed to
land. The protest was not needed and the
nedy appealed to the e. secretary Of
the treasury, who replied that the
matter had passed beyond his
jurisdiction, which only went to the extent
of preventing the landing, but that if the law
had been violated it was the duty of the
United States district attorney to begin an
action against Rev. Mr.. Warren's employers
and against the captain of the ship which
brought him here, to recover the penalty OF
81 600 for the violation of the law. Mr..
Kennedy thereupon appealed to the district
who, this afternoon made known
his decision as above. He says it
is plain that the law does not
refer merely to manual labor only,
for it expressly exempts professional
actors, artists, lecturers and singers, and as
the Rev. Warren is neither of these he falls
plainly within the law. The district
attorney intimates a rather poor opinion of
the law, but declares it his duty to enforce
it. Mr.. Kennedy says he has no feeling
either against Rev. Mr.. Warren or Trinity
church, but that he proposes merely to make
a test case in order to bring an obnoxi us
law into disrepute, and he writes to thu
clerk of Trinity parish, saying that in case
the church is mulcted in 81 600 damages, he
Kennedy will make the amount good to it.